ROKS Dae Jo-yeong (DDH-977)

ROKS Dae Jo-yeong passing under the Coronado Bridge, San Diego on 17 October 2006.
History
South Korea
Name	Dae Jo-yeong (대조영)
Namesake	Dae Jo-yeong
Builder	Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering, South Korea
Launched	12 November 2003
Commissioned	30 June 2005
Identification	Pennant number: DDH-977
Status	Active
General characteristics
Class and type	Chungmugong Yi Sun-sin-class destroyer
Displacement	4,800 t (4,700 long tons) standard 5,000 t (4,900 long tons) full load
Length	150 m (492 ft 2 in)
Beam	17 m (55 ft 9 in)
Propulsion	Combined diesel or gas
Speed	30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Complement	200
Armament	1 x 5"/54 caliber Mark 45 gun 1 x Goalkeeper CIWS 64 x VLS 21 x RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile 8 x RGM-84 Harpoon 2 x triple K745 Blue Shark Torpedo

ROKS Dae Jo-yeong (DDH-977) is a Chungmugong Yi Sun-sin-class destroyer in the Republic of Korea Navy. She is named after Dae Jo-yeong.^[1]

The KDX-II is part of a much larger build up program aimed at turning the ROKN into a blue-water navy. It is said to be the first stealthy major combatant in the ROKN and was designed to significantly increase the ROKN's capabilities.^[2][3]

ROKS Dae Jo-yeong was launched on 12 November 2003 by Daewoo Shipbuilding and commissioned on 30 June 2005.

ROKS Dae Jo-yeong, ROKS Park Wi and ROKS Yulgok Yi I participated in RIMPAC 2018 which will last from 27 June to 2 August 2018.^[4]

• ROKS Doe Jo-yeong Gallery
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  ROKS Doe Jo-yeong alongside USS Lake Erie during a communication drills and maneuvering stations on 13 January 2010.
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  ROKS Dae Jo-yeong arriving in Pearl Harbor for the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific on 22 November 2013.
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  USS Ashland transits the East China Sea with ROKS Dae Jo-yeong during a photo exercise March 27, 2014.